Hello Y'all from Down South

~What ho all!~

This is Matthew posting from Winder GA, to let you know that we (the Hurleys) are coming back from vacation tomorrow starting at 3:00 a.m. (Georgia time, which translates into 12:00 midnight Oregon time) and will be arriving back in Oregon at approximately sometime in the afternoon (Oregon time).

During the two weeks we have been over here, we have roamed through GA, SC, and NC, with a couple of notable highlights (The World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, GA and the Blue Ridge Parkway, a senic parkway inhabiting the Smoky, Blue Ridge, Appalachian, and Black Mountains, as well as several other groups of mountains, I imagine. The parkway stretches from Cherokee, NC (right near the TN border, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park), to the Waynesboro, VA area where it becomes the Skyline Drive, which stretches through the Shenandoah National Park.

By the way, the Shenandoah Valley was a major name in the Civil War (also known as the War of the Northern Aggression). The Parkway also passes close by Lynchburg, PA, now the hometown of the Boyds; Mr. Boyd has been a major part of Providence for some years. I believe you will find more on the Boyds in earlier posts.

Anyway, the drive along the Parkway (we stayed in the NC part of the parkway) was very beautiful and refreshing (a breezy atmosphere in the 70s compared to the 100 degree, 50 percent humidity we faced down on the low ground). Pictures will be forthcoming.

We hope to see y'all soon. I reckon school will begin soon enough, and then I'll probably wish I'd never seen you. S'long, and y'all come back now, y'hear?

Pip-pip, Matthew